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‘Stop the Crisis’: Group condemns ISIS
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Shelby Knowles — THE BATTALION
Salman Munir, president of AMSA, discusses misconceptions of Islam
due to ISIS extremism Monday.
By Sam Scott
Radicalization is the result of a deep
er global problem, not Islam, said
speakers at the “Stop the Crisis” cam
paign event in the MSC Monday night.
The event, hosted by the Ahmadiyya
Muslim Student Association, focused
on condemning both the Islamic State
group’s recent violence and radical ide
ology while also educating non-Muslims
about the truth surrounding the Islamic
faith.
■ Salman Munir, biology sophomore
and president of the Ahmadiyya Mus
lim Student Association, said radicaliza
tion is a problem that occurs among all
people, but due to the recent violence
at the hands of the Islamic State group
and other extremist terrorist organiza
tions, a growing misconception among
non-Muslims is that Islam steers people
toward violence and extremism.
“Today we see an extremely minute
handful of Muslims deviating towards
extremism and radicalization,” Munir
said. “We know it is not Islam that mo
tivates them — it is just another handful
of warped individuals that use violence
to further their political goals.”
Munir said any peace-loving Muslim
feels pain when Islam is tarnished and
exploited by organizations such as the
Islamic State group, contrary to what
many non-Muslims would believe.
“There is, in reahty, a great shortage
of correct information on Islam, which
along with the actions of groups like ISIS
is the reason why there are so many mis
understanding around it,” Munir said.
The purpose of the “Stop The Crisis”
campaign is to defeat radical ideology by
countering it with a narrative to disarm
the harmful ideas before they can take
root, Munir said.
Dr. Bilal Rana, president of the Ah
madiyya Muslim Youth Association, said
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|BASEBALL|
M. BASKETBALL
Aggies hope to
continue hot hitting
against SFA Tuesday
By Milkyas Gashaw
After coming up with
41 runs in their first
three games, the Aggies
are ready to go at it again.
The No. 17 Texas
A&M baseball team (3-0)
will keep its hot bats at
Blue Bell Park as it hosts
Stephen F. Austin (1-2)
on Tuesday.
The Aggies are com
ing off a dominating se
ries against Holy Cross
in which theif bats and
pitching were on full dis-
piay.
Sophomore third base-
man Ronnie Gideon
started the season on fire,
belting two home runs
and compiling 11 RBIs
against the Crusaders.
Senior shortstop Blake
Allemand and sophomore
right fielder Nick Banks
have been stalwarts de
fensively, with Allemand
making a highlight-reel
play in the hole between
short and third on Sun
day.
The Aggies’ pitching
has also gotten off to a
solid start, with the only
blemish being the 11-run
output the Crusaders had
on Saturday. Head coach
Rob Childress was espe
cially impressed with the
performance of junior
Matt Kent on Sunday.
“I thought our pitch
ing all in all as a whole
was the best its been all
weekend long,” Chil
dress said. “We started
with Matt Kent and he’s a
guy you just put the radar
gun down and appreciate
what he’s capable of do
ing out there. I thought
he had a great start for
us. He made a couple of
mistakes in the first in
ning but he didn’t let that
get to him. He kept his
composure and only gave
up one then cruised after
that.”
Kent said it is impor
tant for the club to get a
strong start.
“Coming out 3-0 is
great for momentum
going into the season,”
Kent said. “This ends the
week perfectly, just like
we wanted it. Now we
are on to SFA.”
The Lumbeijacks will
be coming to Olsen Field
with four consecutive
games under their belt
with Washington State
being their final oppo
nent before arriving in
Aggieland. SFA’s lineup
is headlined by sopho
more Nick Ross, who led
the Lumbeijacks by go
ing 3-for-5 with a double
and two RBI in an 18-9
loss to Texas-Arlington.
First pitch is scheduled
for 6:30 p.m.
Men’s hoops gets LSU
to close homestand
Senior
forward
Kourtney
Robertson
scored a
team-high
20 against
Florida
Saturday.
Vanessa Pena — THE BATTALION
By Lawrence Smelser
Texas A&M will host LSU
Tuesday night in the last
outing of its three game home-
stand after losing the first game
to Georgia and winning Satur
day against Florida.
The last time the two teams
met, A&M won 67-64 in Baton
Rouge.
The Aggies (17-7, 8-4 SEC)
sit tied with Ole Miss in third
place in the SEC and now have
the same number of wins —
eight — as they did all of last
season.
The NCAA Tournament is
approaching, and head coach
Billy Kennedy said Tuesday
is the Aggies’ most important
game in three and a half years.
“It’s a big game and it seems
like every game [has] been a big
game,” Kennedy said. “It’s [go
ing to] be that way towards the
end of the year. It’s getting close
to March Madness.”
LSU (18-7, 7-5 SEC) is
fourth in the SEC, one game
back of A&M. They are led
by sophomore forward Jordan
Mickey, who averages 17.1
points and 10.8 rebounds per
game.
Tipoffis at 8 p.m.
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